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SAMUEL` B. y sM1TE,*oE lNEW HAVEN,l coNNEcTroUT.

Letters PatentNo. 97,715, dated December' 7, 1869.

. IMPRovnMENm 1N HAMMER.

.The Schedule referred to ini-.hess Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concern i ,i Be it known-that I, SAMUELB. SMITH, of the city and county of New Haven, in the State of Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Carpet, &c., '.Iool, as a new article of manufacture; and ,I do hereby declare` that the following is, a full,

lclear, and exact descriptiouof the construction, char# vacter,and operation of the same, reference being had to-the accompanying rawings, which `make part-of thisspecication, inwhichf Figure 1 isa' perspective view Aof the whole apparatus, showing the claw, hammer, icepick, screwdriver,

and their common handle and connection;`

'Figure 2 is a perspective view.ofthe claw, hammer, and ice-pick, and the shank of the hammer, Src.

j My improvementconsists in'making the tool or article soA as to contain orembody a claw, a hammer, an ice-pick, and a screw-driver, allattached to the same handle, forming onecompound tool.

Lmake the claw4 a, hammer b, and ice-pick c, all of one pieceof malleable cast-iron, or any other suitable metah with ,a suitable shank, as d,'to firmly connect it with the handle `A. And in the other end of the hanf die A, I fit a screw-driver, as represented at h, fig. 1, which may also serve as a point or edge, to start the tacks from the carpet when taking it up. And the ice-pick or point c may also he used as a punch, to punch holes in 'pieces of zinc or other substance `with which it may be desirable to cover certain portions 'of "the iroor. Andy the claw a, with the handle A, may be used as a lifter for stove-covers, &c.

,The principal advantages of my improvement or new article of manufacture consist in that it embodies more articles or implements,'(al1 of a useful charaoter,) at much less expense, while the' article is much less liable to get ont of repair, and much ymore easily repaired When a casualty happens.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is l The implement composed ofthe claw a, hammer b, ice-pick c, screw-driver h, -and handle A, when the whole is constructed and arranged as-hereih described. `SAMUEL B. SMITH.

Witnesses: RrciennV F. LYON, R. FITZGERALD. 

